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Washington Nationals\u2019 Andr\u00e9s Chaparro, center, is held back as tempers flare during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo\/Charles Krupa)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

BOSTON \u2014 Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras was tossed for a second straight game on Tuesday after throwing his helmet toward Washington Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli during a heated exchange that ended with the benches clearing and multiple ejections.<\/p>

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Cavalli struck out Contreras looking on a full-count pitch in the top of the fourth of what eventually became an 8-1 victory by the Nationals. The 27-year-old right-hander then shouted at Contreras as Contreras made his way back to the Boston dugout.<\/p>\n

Red Sox manager Chad Tracy said he heard Cavalli yell \u201cSit down, boy\u201d after fanning Contreras.<\/p>\n

Asked what his specific words to Contreras were, Cavalli told reporters, \u201cI don\u2019t know. I just lose my head in it. I\u2019m competitive. I just told him to sit down.\u201d<\/p>\n

The term \u201cboy\u201d has a racially charged history in the U.S. Contreras, who is Venezuelan, demurred when asked if he felt there was a racial component to Cavalli\u2019s word choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I don\u2019t know,\u201d Contreras said, later adding he plans to \u201clet MLB handle that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contreras, who hit a three-run homer off Washington\u2019s Miles Mikolas on Monday and celebrated with a massive bat flip that he later apologized fo<\/a> r, then approached Cavalli on the mound. The two jawed at each other as both dugouts emptied.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe struck me on a good pitch, I was walking back to the dugout, and then he did what did, and the rest was history,\u201d Contreras told reporters afterward, later adding, \u201cHe was like, instigating, and I snapped.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boston catcher Carlos Narvaez tried to hold Contreras back, but Contreras broke loose long enough to leap and throw his batting helmet in Cavalli\u2019s direction.<\/p>

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Things settled down quickly after that, though the brief dustup ended with Contreras, Boston interim manager Chad Tracy, Boston outfielder Nate Eaton and Mikolas being ejected.<\/p>\n

Cavalli pointed to an incident at the end of the top of the first when Contreras nearly ran into the pitcher as both exited the field as the spark that set things in motion.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just been doing stuff,\u201d Cavalli said of Contreras. \u201cIn the first inning, he just runs past me and brushes me. It\u2019s just something you don\u2019t do in baseball. I think he knows that. I didn\u2019t say anything. I just looked at him. And a few words were said after the strikeout. It\u2019s part of the game. And he\u2019s going to let everybody run out there and try and do whatever he does, throw a helmet and get himself tossed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cavalli stayed in the game and allowed one run on one hit with 13 strikeouts over seven innings in what became an 8-1 romp.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter everything that happened, the people that they chose that were going to leave the game, I just felt like the other pitcher should have been one of them too,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cThat was my biggest complaint.\u201d<\/p>\n

The early exit was the second in as many nights for Contreras, the first time that\u2019s happened to a Red Sox player in the club\u2019s 126-year history. The 34-year-old Venezuela native \u2014 who acknowledged he is having a difficult time while his native country tries to recover from a pair of devastating earthquakes last week \u2014 was ejected in the second inning on Monday for mimicking an appeal call after striking out on a checked swing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like everything is against me right now,\u201d Contreras said. \u201cI got ejected last night from nothing. I got ejected today even though I was walking back to the dugout.\u201d<\/p>

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